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Cawthorn died on [[Veterans Day]] 1967 of a sudden illness in Memorial Hospital in [[Lake Charles]], where he was stricken while on business. A week before his passing, Cawthorn had been defeated in a Democratic primary for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for DeSoto, Sabine, and Red River parishes in a two-member district by incumbent [[Joe Henry Cooper]] of Mansfield and subsequent Judge John Samuel Pickett, Jr. (1920-2014), of Many in Sabine Parish.<ref name=obit/> Though defeated for the legislature, he had won in the same election a seat on the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee for the 38th representative district.<ref name=obit/>
Cawthorn died on [[Veterans Day]] 1967 of a sudden illness in Memorial Hospital in [[Lake Charles]], where he was stricken while on business. A week before his passing, Cawthorn had been defeated in a Democratic primary for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for DeSoto, Sabine, and Red River parishes in a two-member district by incumbent [[Joe Henry Cooper]] of Mansfield and subsequent Judge John Samuel Pickett, Jr. (1920-2014), of Many in Sabine Parish.<ref name=obit/> Though defeated for the legislature, he had won in the same election a seat on the Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee for the 38th representative district.<ref name=obit/>
Cawthorn and his wife, Merle Sloan Cawthorn (1919-1998), had a daughter, Melody Merle Cawthon (born c. 1954). He is interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in DeSoto Parish alongside his brothers, W. B. Cawthorn (1900-1963) and Fred Cawthorn (1908-1940).<ref name=obit/>
Cawthorn and his wife, Merle Sloan Cawthorn (1919-1998), had a daughter, Melody Merle Cawthon (born c. 1954). He is interred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in DeSoto Parish alongside his brothers, W. B. Cawthorn (1900-1963) and Fred Cawthorn (1908-1940).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32169316/joe-t_-cawthorn|title=Joe T. Cawthorn|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>
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